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<title>HTML Example</title>
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<h1>The var element</h1>
<p>The area of a triangle is: 1/2 x
<var>b</var> x <var>h</var>, where
<var>b</var> is the base, and
<var>h</var> is the vertical height.
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The area of a triangle is: 1/2 x b x h, where b is the base, and h is the vertical height.